Is the Telfair trade a vote of confidence in Jarrett Jack - my boy from Tech - or does it signal that Marcus Williams is the sure pick for the Blazers?

Tyrus Thomas: O-ver-ra-ted. A single, sparkling performance against Duke/Sheldon, but his last six games: 9,9,7,9,21,5. This "freaky" athlete managed to free himself up for 4,4,4,5,14,4 shots respectively.

How wormy is Dick Vitale? Admittedly, he's fun to have in the analyst's chair at Chapel Hill or Durham for Big Monday, but he's so friggin' predictable on draft day, you can fill in the mad lib sheet: shit on the internationals, fellate the four-year guys and anyone who had a stellar single performance in March, and gesticulate wildly over anyone he classifies a "winner" - though he never seems to articulate exactly...or even approximately what that means.

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If you're a defender chasing around a shooting guard, it's exceedingly difficult to get past a Tim Thomas screen. With Phoenix in the postseason, we saw how seemingly every possession for the Suns started with a Thomas high S/R, followed by either a fade or a dive/drag toward the basket. It's more effective in a frenetic offense, but the Clips don't use him enough [or he doesn't take enough initiative...who knows anymore?] on the strong side. Instead, the Clippers rely on this popular [and increasingly antiquated] notion that somehow, if Thomas stands out on the arc, he'll effectively "spread the floor," as if his defender can't sag if Cassell has dribbled to the far left corner -- where he traditionally likes to back down his defender --- or even if Elton has the ball in the low post against a much larger defender over whom he can't zip a pass out to the far side perimeter.

04/12/08 01:50:18

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